car fridges

G'day Frankie, IMHO you won't go past the Waeco CF50. Biggest selling car fridge in Oz at moment and with good reason. I have one, and was just up round Daintree, Cooktown and across to the gulf a few weeks back. Drove over some rough roads out by the gulf, and bounced a bit coming down the Bloomfield. The Waeco just did what was asked of it. Does a fabulous job keeping things cold - in fact it is TOO good, and you need one of those double electronic thermometers fro bleep Smiths to watch that the "cook's" lettuce doesn't freeze. I was always arguing with her - told her the #1 priority of a car fridge was a cold beer - and it did that great. Seriously - a great fridge, I am sure the Engel owners think just as highly of theirs. Both great machines. One final thing that impressed me is the claim that it draws so little power when cold. TRUE. My Blue Thumper industrial strength battery seemed to last forever when camped without AC power for several days. I see Big W is selling Waecos now so you may get a good price from them.

Thankyou for that info
i think that you might be right sas i have just spoke to a person at the servo who has one and agrees with your views.
thanks so much
frank
from Ayr nth Qld

Will the thermo from bleep smiths keep out the bleep roaches?

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Regards
FM

Franky an EUTECITIC fridge is what you need I am unsure weather Waeco is one ??? I and my mate have had Auto fridge(39l) for 10 years + and they have been over every rough, hot road you can name, never missed a beat. The auto fridge draws high current for the first hr or so then next to nothing . We run ours 2 hr morning & 2 hr at night, and while traveling They are more expensive than others but worth it,it has been the best $1200 I ever spent.

BWFG
PS The beer is always icey cold

Perhaps a "Reefer" - Ice cold beer, Frozen steak, no frozen lettuce.

I bought an EvaKool and it's still working after 12 months (been on 14 local trips around FNQ). But read the other question on EvaKools.

I've got friends with a Waeco and would reccommend them over the Engel on both price and Insulation. Also they have a 5 year warranty.
They aren't the strongest, but the really strong fridges are quiet a bit dearer. 4WD Monthly did a good comparison on all the fridges a while back. Might be worth buying a back issue.

With regard to size, we got a 68 litre and fill it on every trip (even weekend trips), but we have 2 young kids and like to eat fresh food, and most importantly cold drinks.

Whatever you do dont buy an EvaKool !!!
their backup service is shocking and they break,
if all you want is an icebox then evakool is great but not their fridges,
stick with engel or chescold.
dont buy waeco as they draw too much power and will give battery problems after a while

I have an Engel 60 litre which is fantastic but you need to consider portability. I struggle to carry mine and definitely can't move it loaded of course. We always manage to fill it (just the two of us) but frankly I think I would prefer the 40 L in hindsight. When that Lotto win finally happens I may buy one of each.

I also have a Waeco, one of the original 40 litre units (over 2 years old now). I have never had a problem with it, it has much better
insulation than the Engel/ARB, is much lighter, and yes it does cool/freeze very easily. The people complaining about the current draw of
these units may need to check their electrical systems/batteries, as the draw is amongst the lowest around - my fridge can be run at a level
keeping the contents frozen for 2 days without causing any battery charge problems (using a dual battery setup). The unit has also been
over a number of very bad roads and thousands of outback kilometres and never skipped a beat. The only drawback of mine is that it
doesn't have any tie-down handles (other than some eyelets on the insulation case, which work well enough) but this problem has been
resolved with the current models having handles. I'd recommend anyone try a Waeco. Beats a mates new Engel hands down.

At Easter two years ago, my Fiance and myself were following a friend in his Range Rover when he was not paying attention to the road directly in front of him and ended up floating his car in a wash out. The engel (about four years old) was at the bottom of the bleep in the back and got completely submerged. When we got to camp when pulled the engel apart and let it dry in the sun. We put it back together that night and the bugger still works.

My Fiance's old man has an Engel that is twenty seven years old and still keeps your beers icy cold.

Like above, we found the 60L to be just too big however that 39L/40L is a perfect size.

with regard to the weight of the engel 60l when full ..i fitted wooden skids to ours..makes it easy to slide in and out of the wagon..